Small Baroque Box

Silver. Over flat, knifed stand, oval-cylindrical body, adorned with relief plastic and partially chiseled fruit decoration. Slightly domed, overlapping lid with a wide, undulating knifed lid rim and a central, correspondingly designed, opulent fruit bundle. Signed, tremolo stroke, assay mark, Master Hans Jakob Schech or Scheler (became a master around 1668). Weight approximately 60 g. Height 3 cm. 7.8 cm x 6.2 cm. Compare Seling 2007, No. 1695 or 1854, BZ 0970. A small German Baroque silver box by Hans Jakob Schech or Scheler (master since around 1668). Tested, assayed, and master's mark. German. Augsburg. 1689-1692.